Steve Berman, the attorney suing Apple over price fixing e-books, says all current evidence is circumstantial.
New US Lawsuit Accuses Apple of E-Book Price Fixing
A lawsuit filed in California today accuses Apple of price fixing related to its agency model. Damages being sought could add up to tens of millions of dollars.
Does Self Publishing Make It Too Easy?
Do the safeguards of traditional publishing offer significant advantages over DIY?
Can Developing E-book Markets Support “Lower-Than-Print” Pricing?
When you’re already talking about a $1 to $1.50 for a print book, can you go any lower for digital?
Does Digital Publishing Justify a Higher Price for Print?
Based on the concept of scarcity, has the mass introduction of digital publishing validated and justified the higher price point of print books?
Why Selling E-books at 99 Cents Destroys Minds
Chad Post, the publisher of Open Letter Books, explains why his company decided to sell e-books and price them at $4.99.
Droemer Knaur’s Neobooks Brings Self-to-Traditional Publishing to Germany
Neobooks, an online writing community launched by German publisher Droemer Knaur, is seeking out the intersection between self publishing and traditional publishing. By Amanda DeMarco BERLIN: Despite what the majority of the German publishing community might think, online author and reader self-publishing communities are not a new phenomenon in the country. Platforms like Epidu or Bookrix have allowed authors to post their …
With UK Print Book Sales Falling, Can E-books Close the Gap?
E-book sales accounted for just 1% of the UK book market in 2010, but are expected to boom in 2011 — growth that might be offset by cheaper prices. By Roger Tagholm British consumers bought fewer books in 2010 than 2008 -– down from 344m to 339m -– and the amount spent fell from £2,341m to £2,183m. E-books accounted for …
Price Fixing vs Fixed Prices: Europe’s Emerging E-book Quagmire
On Monday, the European Commission investigated several French publishers for illegal e-book price fixing, this in a country with fixed book prices. Ironic, hypocritical…or merely confusing? By Edward Nawotka Yesterday we learned from a dozen news sources that on March 1 several European publishing houses were “raided” by European Commission officials in search of evidence of price fixing among e-book …
Does Europe Need a Single Open Market for E-books?
By Edward Nawotka As discussed in today’s lead story, European laws governing the sale of books vary wildly from country to country, often favoring print over e-books. Many of the major markets have fixed book pricing and part of the reasoning behind fixed book prices is that it allows all retailers to compete on a level playing field when it …